1. I don’t know, I’ve read several books more than once but I don’t keep count. 2. Difficult ‘Crime and Punishment’ defo ‘Never Let me Go’ by Ishiguro is a masterpiece. Books I’ve read in one sitting like ‘Vaim’ by Jon Fosse, or ‘Quarantine’ by Jim Crace
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
Under German law, selling or owning recording devices disguised as everyday objects is strictly prohibited. Because Meta Glasses closely resemble regular eyewear, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) is reviewing a nationwide ban with fines already being issued 2/2
if americans couldn't eat a burger under a democratic president, you would not hear the end of of it for prob 100 years
A few hours before Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss the Reflecting Pool prosecution of Olympian Davey Hearn (but "without prejudice"), Michael Bromwich joined Hearn's team. Bromwich is a former DOJ inspector general, SDNY prosecutor, & Iran-Contra special prosecutor. Could be interesting.
🤡 Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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These Yankees thought they could run 7% budget deficits forever. Bold as you please. They thought they could live like pigs in a raspberry bush, as the Finnish folk saying goes. The bond market wrath comes slowly, but is terrible to behold.
This is surely curtains for Farage's political career. I don't think there's any coming back from it. I hope not, at any rate. Looks like there could be a strong basis for a criminal case as well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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UK 10 year tops 5.01%. Americans don’t even notice they are demolishing the British economy with their shenanigans. They honestly don’t care. It’s never mentioned anywhere.
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
...a few years ago we did some Zippy content and were contacted by Tom Hayes, regular listener of the pod and son of Geoffrey. He informed us that Zippy and George were happily living out their retirement with Tom's mum following the passing of his dad in 2018... 2/3
There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
(1963) The Kingsmen from Portland, OR with their classic hit. I'm not sure what the Vespas are doing in the video. From the YouTube "liner notes": "Vespas, Lambrettas, Scooter boys & Mods out & about in various London locations." 🤔🎶🎵 #MusicSky youtu.be/vvpLexbJQcs?...
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
YouTube video by Barry Card
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So we did get a new ceasefire… but with Hormuz completely closed. Interesting gambit
OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 2w ago🇺🇸🇮🇷 According to Axios, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that no strikes be carried out against Iran on Friday after progress was made in Oman-mediated talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The United States had reportedly been conducting regular strikes against Iran for the past 13 days.
And the UK Government will not delete its X accounts.
Gillian Martin@gillmartin.bsky.social · 2w agoHow it's going on Twitter... X just suspended the account of the UK Embassy in Israel after it posted this thread
Beacon Tarn. In the distance is Dow Crags on the left, Coniston Old Man in the middle and Black Sails and Wetherlam on the right.
China has been selling US bonds for five years, steadily and heavily. UK and Japan were left holding the bag. Now UK and Japan are facing bond crisis of their own. They may be forced to sell US bonds in an actual panic. It’s stunning how well China handled this whole mess.
English country lane. I like them before the hedgerows are cut back.
People who want to maintain existing hierarchies treat male perpetrators of sexual harassment with greater leniency, especially when they have high status. Those high on gender system justification + social dominance recommended lenient punishments to perpetrators. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them
Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them
William Weaver could add an extension onto his Tuscan villa, which he called the 'Eco Chamber.' The Biblioteca Eco, or Eco Library, whose ribbon-cutting earlier this month you can see in the Italian n...
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UK'S ENVIRONMENT AGENCY COMMENCES CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SOUTHERN WATER.
There’s music coming from the pub tonight which Arla doesn’t seem overjoyed about.
